Anterior Pituitary and Carbohydrate Metabolism

Studies of anterior pituitary tissue in vitro: effects of insulin and experimental diabetes mellitus upon carbohydrate metabolism.

Since the classical experiments of Houssay and Biasotti (1), Evans, Meyer, Simpson and Reichert (2), Young (3), and Long and Lukens (4), the diabetogenic potential of pituitary hormones has been amply documented (5). However, the metabolism of glucose by the pituitary has received but little examination (6-9), and the authors have been unable to find any published studies of the hormonal determ...

Pituitary Hormones: Posterior Pituitary & Anterior Pituitary

The pituitary gland, also known as hypophysis, is a small pea-sized gland about 1 cm in diameter and 0.5 to 1 gram in weight. The pituitary gland resides in a small bony cavity situated at the base of the brain, known as sella turcica, and a pituitary stalk (infundibulum) maintains a connection between the pituitary gland and hypothalamus. The secretion of hormones by the pituitary gland is und...

Pituitary Hormones: Posterior Pituitary & Anterior Pituitary

The pituitary gland, also known as hypophysis, is a small pea-sized gland about 1 cm in diameter and 0.5 to 1 gram in weight. The pituitary gland resides in a small bony cavity situated at the base of the brain, known as sella turcica, and a pituitary stalk (infundibulum) maintains a connection between the pituitary gland and hypothalamus. The secretion of hormones by the pituitary gland is und...

Anterior Pituitary

Some Effects of Anterior Pituitary Extracts on Nitrogen Metabolism, Water Balance, and Energy Metabolism

1. Solutions of the globulin fraction of alkaline extracts of the anterior lobe of beef pituitary glands, when administered intraperitoneally or subcutaneously to dogs for 1 or 2 days, greatly increase the nitrogen balance. Urine nitrogen falls markedly, and at the same time blood non-protein nitrogen decreases, while the nitrogen of the feces remains the same. 2. The nitrogen gained may either...